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by Mark Ewing   Pininfarina has been best known over the past 60 years for its design of most production Ferraris, but to expand application of their design services, in the mid-1980s the firm began developing products beyond automotive. Celebrating their 85th anniversary, Pininfarina unveiled its Icon85 Collection last week.   They w...

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By Jacob Gallagher If there's one thing Italians know better than fashion, it's food, so it's only natural that Marco Baldassari, the CEO and co-founder of Eleventy, uses a culinary analogy to describe his clothing brand. "We are like a bistro that offers an innovative cuisine," said Mr. Baldassari, "but without the price of a gourmet restaurant."...

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A symbol of Italian masculine elegance, Canali has managed to slip through the cracks of time and crises. This historical clothing brand founded in 1934 in Brianza, north of Milan, made its specialty into its major asset — a single label for men, entirely made in Italy. At the same time, it radically focused its strategy on foreign markets where it...

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La settima edizione del Triennale Design Museum è dedicata a un periodo storico poco indagato, quello degli anni Trenta. Con storia e memoria che aiutano a leggere il presente e il futuro. «L'idea alla base - spiegano - è che il progettare negli anni delle crisi economiche sia una condizione particolarmente favorevole allo stimolo della creatività...

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LLC plans to increase its capital investment program at the Kokomo Transmission Plant in Indiana by $266 million, to increase capacity for its TorqueFlite eight-speed transmissions. It marks the sixth investment program since 2009 for that location, totaling nearly $1.8 billion, the automaker indicated. Kokomo Transmission mach...

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We recently got a chance to take a look at the rare Italian motorcycles on display in the retail space at RFR’s 285 Madison Ave, called "The Art of the Italian Two Wheel.” The bikes belong to the curator of the show, designer and movie producer Stuart Parr, who goes way back with RFR principal Aby Rosen. The two met in 1987, when they bot...

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Pope Francis started his big American trip with a little Italian style. After the Pontiff landed at Joint Base Andrews and was greeted by President Obama, he slipped into the backseat of a Fiat 500L sporting the Vatican's SCV 1 license plates, for Stato della Città del Vaticano, or State of Vatican City.   It was not immediately clear i...

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By Alan Behr   One of the mysteries that Italy presents to the world is how style seems to come so naturally and happen so easily in the nation's disparate regions and within all walks of life. It is as if elegant design in clothing, shoes, accessories (and just about everything else) grows naturally in the surroundings, like grapes in a tru...

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La crescita per il settore del lusso verrà dal Nord America. Ne è convinto l'89% degli intervistati da Ledbury Research per Departures, pubblicazione di America Express.Più dell'Asia dell'Est e di altri mercati emergenti, gli Stati Uniti potranno contribuire all'espansione del settore. Anche l'Europa, sia dell'Ovest sia dell'Est, farà la sua parte...

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First the myBaguette app, and now a studio apartment-size pop-up shop in Soho with hashtag neon signs: looks like Fendi has finally figured out how to translate their Italian luxury roots into a language millennials speak.   The brand nonchalantly opened a pop-up inside Wolford's former spot on the corner of Greene and Prince Streets this we...

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